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Re: [PLUG] Would possibly like to donate hardware: laptops, old monitor, etc
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I am not an accountant so I could be wrong. PLUG isn't a non-profit so
the donations are not tax deductable.
CCIL.org is a non-profit and we are working on a rebuild program that will
redistribute the hardware or maybe use some of it at our cage at West
Chester Univ. But looking over your list, I'm not sure that CCIL has a
use for it. We had about 80 computer donated a couple of months ago and
we need RAM, good monitors, modems (non win modems) and maybe some hard
drives. We could use some cat 5 cable, maybe a couple of nics and a hub or
switch for the cage.
Is anyone interested in volunteering to help with our rebuild party next
saturday? We will be installing Libranet Linux, a Debian based
distribution, on the machines we give away. See http://www.ccil.org for
more info and let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Chuck
CCIL Systems Admin
610-563-3001
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 root@physiometrics.net wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Brian Rea, I oversee the IT department for PhysioMetrics, a
> medical services company located in Mount Laurel, NJ. We've experienced a
> great deal of ramp-up in recent years with both our operations and our
> infrastructure. This has left us with some hardware which isn't used
> anymore.
>
> Some people would probably just like to give the parts and systems to family
> members or friends of the company, others (like my predecessor) would be
> content to let it sit under our IT department's workbench until it's so
> obsolete that we claim it as some sort of business loss, but I see the
> situation differently for a couple of reasons: [A] the hardware isn't all
> that new and wouldn't make all that great a "gift" (i know that i would be
> pretty upset if someone gave me a 14" monitor with a blurry screen for my
> birthday) and [B] i'd much rather see SOMEONE get use out of old parts
> rather than them become totally ancient and never touched again. It is for
> this reason that I'd like to speak with whomever in the Philly Linux Users
> Group could handle accepting this hardware as a donation to use however you
> see fit.
>
> - -- ----- ----------
> PhysioMetrics has the following to potentially offer:
>
> * One AMS Tech P-233 laptop
> Needs power adapter. any universal power adapter works well
> Needs hard disk drive. it's hard drive failed and was never replaced.
> Has combo drive... floppy is 100%, CD-ROM is a little flaky.
> Screen, keyboard, touchpad, all external ports are fine, afaik
>
> * One CTX EzBook P-200 laptop
> Needs power adapter. any universal power adapter works well (the same
> one that worked with the AMS Tech above works with this model, as well...
> they're both 20V 2.2A)
> Needs hard disk drive.
> Has two bays for drives. Neither have drives installed. This and one
> other CTX EzBook had one dead drive each, so we made one working laptop with
> the good floppy and good CD-ROM. this laptop was left with neither. i've
> seen cheap replacements on the Internet before, tho, i think.
> Screen, keyboard, touchpad, all external ports are fine, afaik
>
> * One Princeton Graphics 14" SVGA monitor
> Screen is pretty blurry and crappy, frankly. :-( But it functions
> totally as a monitor... it's readable... just produces a lot of color
> distortion horizontally. Could work fine as either a server monitor or (if
> someone was so inclined) a learning tool for monitor repair, i guess.
>
> * An assload of ThinNet BNC network cables, various lengths... most looks
> like 15' segments or longer.
>
> * An external Seagate tape drive. Looks to be SCSI-1
> Model Number STD64000N
> Last i heard it was working fine
>
> * Three or Four PCI modems
> These came from eMachine PCs... so the chance is high that they're
> WinModems. :-(
> Some made by PCTel, others have chips that say Conextant.
> No driver disks that i could find in my predecessor's office
>
> * One or two internal IDE DVD-ROM drives
> These throw a lo of bad data out sometimes and aren't really reliable as
> standalone CD-ROMs (say, for installing software or what not) but i just
> can't pass up the chance to help Linux users get DeCSS working in any
> capacity. =)
>
> * A Western Digital Caviar 28400 8.4 GB IDE hard drive
> This bloody thing is detected as a 1 Gig drive by every BIOS in our
> office... if you can make it detect at it's proper size you deserve to own
> it. :-) even if it doesn't detect for you, it's still a very functional
> drive at 1 GB.
>
> * a PCMCIA SCSI interface by NewMedia corporation
> called a "Bus Toaster" model number NMC00505
> my predecessor claimed that it never really worked for him... but, then
> again, he was a bit of a dumbass. i have no need for it and haven't even
> taken it out of the box. i have all original disks and cables... but box
> only lists support for dos and windows :-(
>
> * Hewlett-Packard external SCSI CD-R drive
> Model number: 6020e ? Part Number: 7000-0036 ? (sticker on unit is
> unclear)
> Nice external drive... has power adapter
> External SCSI ID toggle... can be ANY device # 0 thru 7
> External terminator power switch and two SCSI ports to be either middle
> or last device on chain
>
> * Something that appears to be a PCMCIA bus for desktop PCs
> ISA card with two 50-pin ribbon cables going to a 3.5" drive that appears
> to take PCMCIA cards
> Drive has two card bays
> - -- ----- ----------
>
> That's about all i can find so far. If i come across anything more i'll be
> glad to let you know about that, too. If any of this is useful to the
> Philly Linux Users Group, please have someone contact me at this email
> address. The only reason i could see for this donation to not happen would
> be if my company's Finance dept. doesn't go for it. Are donations Linux
> Users' Groups tax-deductible? If they are, then i am almost certain that
> there would be no objection from the company brass. I look forward to your
> reply.
>
> Eager to help the newbies learn and to see veterans saving money,
>
> Brian Rea
> Senior Network Engineer &
> Director of Technology
> PhysioMetrics
>
>
>
>
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